Building links to a 404 page?

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What is the effect (if any) of building links to a page that doesn't exist on your site, essentially a page that returns a 404 error?

Will these link affect your site?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by hobokook View Post

    What is the effect (if any) of building links to a page that doesn't exist on your site, essentially a page that returns a 404 error?
    Wasted traffic & PR.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hansons
    If you have redirect the page then you would get benefit of traffic...
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  • Profile picture of the author shailender
    Originally Posted by hobokook View Post

    What is the effect (if any) of building links to a page that doesn't exist on your site, essentially a page that returns a 404 error?

    Will these link affect your site?
    If the page targeted page doesn't exist then you're wasting your time and efforts by building links, but you can utilize it by using 301 redirect on new webpage.
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